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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Obama Signs National Service Bill


“President Obama on Tuesday became the latest Democratic president to emulate John F. Kennedy’s call for national service as he signed legislation to triple the size of the Americorps program and called on Americans to volunteer time to improve their communities.” (New York Times, Wednesday)

Why doesn’t producing goods and services at a profit count as service?

FEE Timely Classic
“National Service: Utopias Revisited” by Doug Bandow


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.